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sittella (iou)



sittella noun. Austral. Also sitella. M19.
[mod. Latin Sittella former genus name, dim. of sitta, Greek sitte nuthatch.]
Each of three small Australasian birds of the genera Neositta and Daphoenositta resembling nuthatches, esp. (more fully varied sittella) N. chrysoptera of Australia.